ASUS ROG MAXIMUS Z690 APEX/LGA 1700/ATX

Chipset: Z690

Dimensional format: ATX
Processor Support: 12th Gen Intel Core, Pentium Gold and Celeron Processors
Processor socket: Intel Socket LGA1700

Memory position: 2 x DIMM
Memory support:

• DDR5 6600 (OC)/6400 (OC)/6200 (OC)/6000 (OC)/5800 (OC)/5600 (OC)/5400 (OC)/5200 (OC)/5000 (OC)/4800 Non-ECC , Un-buffered Memory

Max. RAM size: 64GB
Memory type support:

• DDR5 6600 (OC)/6400 (OC)/6200 (OC)/6000 (OC)/5800 (OC)/5600 (OC)/5400 (OC)/5200 (OC)/5000 (OC)/4800 Non-ECC , Un-buffered Memory
• Dual Channel Memory Architecture
• Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)

Graphics Card

• No

Sound card:

• ROG SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound High Definition Audio CODEC ALC4080

Network card:

• 1 x Intel 2.5Gb Ethernet
• Intel Wi-Fi 6E

Expansion slots:
Intel 12th Gen Processors:

• 2 x PCIe 5.0 x16 slots (supports x16 or x8/x8 modes)

Intel Z690 Chipset:

• 1 x PCIe 3.0 x4 slot
• 1 x PCIe 3.0 x1 slot

RAID controller: NVMe RAID 0/1/5, SATA RAID 0/1/5/10

SATA:

• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports

M.2:

• 5 x M.2 slots

USB:

• rear USB ports (total 10)
• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port (s) (1 x USB Type-C)
• 5 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 port (s) (5 x Type-A)
• 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 port (s) (4 x Type-A)
• front USB ports (total 9)
• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 connector (supports USB Type-C)
• 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers support additional 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
• 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports

Internal ports:

• 1 x 4-pin CPU Fan header (s)
• 1 x 4-pin CPU OPT Fan header (s)
• 1 x 4-pin AIO Pump header (s)
• 3 x 4-pin Chassis Fan header (s)
• 2 x 4-pin Full Speed Fan header (s)
• 1 x W_PUMP + header (s)
• 1 x 2-pin Water In header
• 1 x 2-pin Water Out header
• 1 x 3-pin Water Flow header
• 1 x 24-pin Main Power connector
• 2 x 8-pin + 12V Power connector
• 1 x 6-pin PCIe Graphics Card connector
• 2 x M.2 slots (Key M)
• 1 x DIMM.2 slot supports 2 x M.2 slots (Key M)
• 6 x SATA 6Gb/s ports
• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 connector (supports USB Type-C)
• 2 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 headers support additional 4 USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports
• 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB 2.0 ports
• 1 x 80 Light Bar jumper
• 3 x Addressable Gen 2 header (s)
• 1 x AURA RGB header (s)
• 2 x BCLK button
• 1 x BIOS Switch button
• 1 x FlexKey button
• 1 x Front Panel Audio header (AAFP)
• 1 x LN2 Mode jumper
• 1 x OSC sence header
• 1 x Pause switch
• 12 x ProbeIt Measurement Points
• 1 x ReTry button
• 1 x RSVD header
• 2 x RSVD switches
• 1 x Safe Boot button
• 1 x Slow Mode switch
• 1 x Start button
• 1 x 10-1 pin System Panel header
• 1 x Thermal Sensor header
• 1 x Thunderbolt header
• 1 x V_Latch switch

External ports:

• 1 x USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 port (1 x USB Type-C)
• 5 x USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports (5 x Type-A)
• 4 x USB 3.2 Gen 1 ports (4 x Type-A)
• 1 x Wi-Fi Module
• 1 x Intel 2.5Gb Ethernet port
• 5 x Gold-plated audio jacks
• 1 x Optical S/PDIF out port
• 1 x BIOS FlashBack button
• 1 x Clear CMOS button
• 1 x PS/2 Keyboard (purple) port
• 1 x PS/2 Mouse (green) port

BIOS: 2 x 256 Mb Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS

Manufacturer site: https://rog.asus.com/motherboards/rog-maximus/rog-maximus-z690-apex-model/spec